Ball go far, team go fart. The Cubs have out-homered their opponents 7-5 across five postseason games so far, yet they’ve scored no more than three runs in any contest and have been outscored 11-21 overall. That’s because only one of those seven homers came with men on base, and their only multi-run shot came in the 1st inning and represented their only offense in Monday’s loss.
That it was followed almost immediately by a matching blow by unlikely Brewers hero Andrew Vaughn was merely academic due to the futility of both the offense and the pitching.